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Summary: Fantasy hilarity
Review: Eva Ibbotson is best known for her kids' fantasies - funny, wry, and just a little off-kilter. Her universe is full of wizards and witches, princes and magic, droll and bizarre. "Which Witch?" involves Arriman the Awful, a wizard who has to seek a wife (no matter how hideous the available witches are) and ends up on a magical adventure with an orphaned boy and a white witch... "The Secret of Platform 13" may appeal to Harry Potter fans, with the tale of a magical squad sent to retrieve a prince to an alternate universe. The problem is, as far as they can tell the prince is now a bratty and unbearable ten-year-old child... "The Island of the Aunts" is delightfully kooky: Three kind but bizarro aunts, with a menagerie of strange beasts and creatures, decide that children are needed, on their safe island... Ibbotson is fantastic, with just the right level of absurdity to appeal to fans of comedy, and the right level of otherworldliness for fantasy lovers. Her pace is snappy, only lagging in a few places (such as 2/3 of the way through "Platform 13") and her characters are endearingly quirky ("And our feet are FREEZING!"). Please leave solemnity at the door and enjoy this threepack!
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Summary: Island of the Aunts
Review: I read the book Island of the Aunts by Eva Ibbotson. It was fairly enjoyable though a bit boring in some parts. The story is about 3 aunts who live on a magical island, and are worried about what will happen to the creautres when they die, so they kidnap two children Minette and Fabio. The story then goes on to be about what happens when they come, and problems with the kidnapping. Girls and Boys ages 10 - 13.
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Summary: I had to review it again!!!
Review: I reviewed this book earlier, but I just reread it so I had to review it again. 1. This book looks impressing, but its really just because there are three books inside it. The pages are also thick, so its really not that bad. 2. You should get this book because it is very fresh and refreshing. It seems like you get more out of the book because there are three stories, so there are three plots, three expositions, three rising actions, three climaxes, and three resolutions. 3.Eva Ibbotson uses creative plots to get your attention. I was very surprised at the plots of the stories, but it was a pleasant surprise. 4. You REALLY should GET this BOOK!!!!!!!! I DEFINETELY recommend this book to you!!!!!!!!!!
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Summary: Very creative!!!
Review: This book was really good! I was waiting for the next Harry Potter book to come out when I saw this book. I was really glad I got it. It wasn't just filler. I really liked the way Eva Ibbotson made a whole different world, but it still felt like that world might actually be there. In Island of the Aunts, she shows how important it is to conserve nature and it's wonders. She was able to give that message without being depressing, like other books sometimes are.
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